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DEEP CUTS Episode 51: How Do Writers and Creatives Relax?
Lots of folks have creative hobbies that help them relax and blow off steam. But what if you’re a creator by trade? What if you are paid for your creativity? ...
DEEP CUTS Episode 51: How Do Writers and Creatives Relax?
Lots of folks have creative hobbies that help them relax and blow off steam. But what if you’re a creator by trade? What if you are paid for your creativity? ...

DEEP CUTS Episode 50: Celebrating 50 Episodes!
After 50 episodes, Scott and A chat about the last five years of livestreaming and the evolution to DEEP CUTS. A look back, a look ahead, and a great big...
DEEP CUTS Episode 50: Celebrating 50 Episodes!
After 50 episodes, Scott and A chat about the last five years of livestreaming and the evolution to DEEP CUTS. A look back, a look ahead, and a great big...

DEEP CUTS Episode 49: Should Copyright be Abolished?
Recently, several tech billionaires have suggested that copyright should be abolished, at least for individual creators like Scott. What help, if any, is that to the creator? How might it...
DEEP CUTS Episode 49: Should Copyright be Abolished?
Recently, several tech billionaires have suggested that copyright should be abolished, at least for individual creators like Scott. What help, if any, is that to the creator? How might it...

DEEP CUTS Episode 48: How Tariffs are Affecting Small Creators
When there’s market volatility due to on-again, off-again tariffs, how does that impact Empty Set? From day-to-day operations to release schedules, tariffs can affect every step of our production timeline....
DEEP CUTS Episode 48: How Tariffs are Affecting Small Creators
When there’s market volatility due to on-again, off-again tariffs, how does that impact Empty Set? From day-to-day operations to release schedules, tariffs can affect every step of our production timeline....

DEEP CUTS Episode 47: Making Fiction when Reality is on Fire
When life and the world around you are chaotic and things are feeling desperate, does a made-up tale about monster hunters do any good at all? Scott & A discuss...
DEEP CUTS Episode 47: Making Fiction when Reality is on Fire
When life and the world around you are chaotic and things are feeling desperate, does a made-up tale about monster hunters do any good at all? Scott & A discuss...

DEEP CUTS Episode 46: A Pro Writer’s Daily Routine
As a pro writer and podcaster, Scott wears many hats: writer, marketer, technology expert, social media manager, face of the brand, and more. On this episode, we discuss how he...
DEEP CUTS Episode 46: A Pro Writer’s Daily Routine
As a pro writer and podcaster, Scott wears many hats: writer, marketer, technology expert, social media manager, face of the brand, and more. On this episode, we discuss how he...

DEEP CUTS Episode 45: META Pirated My Books to Train AI
What’s a hard-working novelist to do when an internet oligarch steals books to train AI? What if that internet oligarch steals over seven million books? Scott & A discuss the...
DEEP CUTS Episode 45: META Pirated My Books to Train AI
What’s a hard-working novelist to do when an internet oligarch steals books to train AI? What if that internet oligarch steals over seven million books? Scott & A discuss the...

DEEP CUTS Episode 44: Twenty Years of Podcasting: The Monster Recap
Goodness gracious, it’s been a couple decades! This episode, we take a chaotic look back over the last two chaotic decades of Scott’s podcasting and publishing career. I'm not going...
DEEP CUTS Episode 44: Twenty Years of Podcasting: The Monster Recap
Goodness gracious, it’s been a couple decades! This episode, we take a chaotic look back over the last two chaotic decades of Scott’s podcasting and publishing career. I'm not going...

DEEP CUTS Episode 43: What Authors Wish They Knew Before Publishing
Think once you get picked up by a publisher, your days of scrapping are over? Oh, sweet summer child, that’s not how any of this works. We asked a few...
DEEP CUTS Episode 43: What Authors Wish They Knew Before Publishing
Think once you get picked up by a publisher, your days of scrapping are over? Oh, sweet summer child, that’s not how any of this works. We asked a few...